Why do we feel broken when we're sick and suffering?
Why does help so often fall short-even when we've done everything "right"?
Right questions. Wrong assumption.
In UnBroken, physician and healer Karyn Shanks MD radically reframes our suffering-not as failure, but as a powerful message from within. The problem isn't us. The problem is the story we've inherited: that we are disconnected, defective, and in need of fixing. That story is not only false-it's traumatizing.
Drawing on the sciences of epigenetics, neuroplasticity, systems-based functional medicine, and transformational psychology, as well as four decades of clinical experience and her own healing journey, Dr. Shanks shows us another way:
You are not broken. You are wise, whole, and resilient.
This book is for you if you:
- Live with chronic illness, fatigue, or pain.
- Have been dismissed by conventional medicine or told "it's all in your head."
- Are seeking root-cause healing, not quick fixes or rigid protocols.
- Feel stuck in survival mode and want to find your way back to energy, joy, and flow.
- Want to understand how trauma, story, and biology shape your health-and how to reclaim your power to change.
Inside, you'll discover:
- A trauma-informed framework for understanding your suffering.
- The 21st-century Science of Directable Human Potential.
- Your personal Terrain of Healing to see the bird's eye view of your epigenetic healing potential.
- The Nine Unbroken Core Resilience Steppingstones for practical, personalized healing
- How to decode the wisdom in your symptoms and rewrite the story of who you are.
This is not a protocol.
It's a return-to your story, your body, and your power to heal.
Perfect for readers of The Body Keeps the Score, When the Body Says No, and Radical Acceptance.
Shanks, Karyn: - Karyn Shanks MD is a physician, author, and pioneer in the field of root-cause healing, with over forty years of experience helping clients recover their lives from chronic, complex illness. She is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Functional Medicine, and a founding diplomat of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. She is also trained in trauma-informed psychotherapy through Dr. Gabor Maté's Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training Program.Karyn brings together the sciences of directable human potential-epigenetics, neuroplasticity, core functional systems biology, and transformational psychology-with the deep wisdom of lived experience, spiritual inquiry, and narrative transformation. Her work centers on the belief that people are not broken, but wise and whole, and that sustainable healing begins with reclaiming that truth. Her private practice, teaching, and writing are deeply influenced by her own journey through illness and recovery.Karyn is the founder of the Unbroken Academy, an online educational platform for healing through story, self-trust, and embodied resilience. She is the author of two previous books-Heal: A Nine-Stage Roadmap to Recover Energy, Reverse Chronic Illness, and Claim the Potential of a Vibrant New You and The Wisdom of COVID-19. Her voice is known for its clarity, warmth, and fierce compassion.Through her work, writing, and lived wisdom, Karyn is trusted by both patients and professionals alike-as a guide, mentor, and visionary voice in a new healing paradigm. Karyn is also an author, teacher, wife, mother of two sons, dog lover, and avid enthusiast of nature. Website: www.KarynShanksMD.comInstagram: @karynshanksmdFacebook: Karyn Shanks MD
